Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
"asRingtonfans Who Have Been Sum-
mering Amt1e the Mountains or at
the Sea Shore, Returning
10 Their Homes.
senator ingalls, or Kansas and Gall OF
Florida in the Ctty-secretary Lamar
Booked for the Bench,
Occasional Correspond 20 of d. Gaz.tte

occasional Correspond alce Of thu Gazette
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-The bright
autumn days have returned, the long
continued drouth that hSd scCrcled and
Drowned the city parks and the Maryland
and Virginia hills has been broken by
gentle and refreshing showers, and
Washington, relieved OF the dust, again
looks fresh, green ard beautiful. Many
Washingtonians who have been summer
ing among the mountains or at the ses-
shore have returned. Pennsylvania ave
nue. and + greet, the principal business
Streets OF the city, that have been desert
ed curing the unusually not summer, now
e2gl1 TO present gay appearance, end
The bFad tiful display OF fall goods IL the
shop windows reminds Us that the sum
meFis past, although the thermometer
yesterday YVES up il the eighties.
sThe Presidents family still remain
at Oakview, his country sest,
short distance beyond the corporate
limits OF old Georgetown, aow known as
West Washington. Il is probable they
will remain there until after the Indian
summer weather, SO Charming and beau
tlful in this latitude, is over.
Occasionally We meet on the streets 8
western Senator or southern Congress
man, 20 WhOm the shady corridors Of the
| capitol have q peculiar fascination, even
when deserted by the crowd. Senator
Ingalls, has been in the city for some days
past. and his long, lank figure is often
| seen on the avenue, str0lling leisurely
along and stopping now and then to peer
IN at the shop windows. The sarcastic
ard talented Kansas Senator is tavorite
in Washington, even with those who
differ with him politically. Call of Flor
ida Is also here, but, like the poor, we
have him with US always. This
Florida Senator has become a.
most as loquacious as was the
late Garrett Davis of Kentucky.
] His speeches, however, generally have the
effect to empty the chamber, snd to I'll
Cd the committee rooms and Ioobies with
Senator'S. The new Senator from Florids
iG spoken Of az a bright mrn, OF excellent
| Judgment and business capacity, but not
Is brilliant speaker.
| Il is On open secret that Secretary La
| mar will &c on the bench OF the Supreme
court, and there has been much specula
tjon as to his euccess0r in the Interior
| Department. A number of prominent
southern men have been mentioned II
this connection, but the better Informed
9ussips incline to the opinion that Assist
ant Secretary MuldrCW is the coming
man. His appointment would be IN Tx
line Of the civil service policy of the I'D
mlnistratiOn. Mr.. MuId1oW is mai
eminently qualified for the position. B,
patient and urtiring application to the
minute Of departmental proceed
ing ne has mastered its multitude
nous irtricgcies, and he has slst
done much by everything and reversin!
decisions OF the Commissioner Of tht
General Land Office to correct the many
errors into which that officer hss unfortu
uately fallen and to couuteract in some
measure the bad effects produced by tht
ldiosyncracies Of Mr.. Sparks.
II There is not much political gossip il
Fl Washington as yet, except IS to stat
elections. A great deal OF interest is fel
SIS 20 the result Of the fall election il
Maryland. A Governor, ,Comptroller an;
members CT the state Legislature will o.
chosen, ard the Republicans, relying upol
the discussions in the Democratic part
in that state, hope to win. 1t is hardl
jpCssible however that their hope will b
realized. The Democratic majority 6
the congressional election las
/ fall was over $4,000. Their
5 is much dissatisfaction anon
MAJ gland Democrats with Senator Cor
man end what is known as ring rule, bu
with few exceptions, the gTumblers wi
fall into line before election day, an
those who are hoping that the Novembe
election IN Maryland Will make brea
: in the solid south are doomed to disar
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